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Detectives Working to Locate Two Missing Pipe Line Workers

Macomb Police Department Detectives are asking for the community’s assistance in locating two missing pipe line workers.

On February 27, 2014 at approximately 6:40 p.m. Macomb Officers responded to a 911 call at 1513 E. Murray St. The caller advised that he had found blood inside the residence and believes there may have been a disturbance. The caller stated that his two roommates Juan Bustamante 65, and Francisco Villa 43, were missing and could not be located. Both Bustamante and Villa’s vehicles along with their personal belongings were also missing from the residence. Bustamante’s vehicle was later located in the Wal-Mart parking lot abandoned. Villa’s vehicle a 2001 Volkswagen Passat Wyoming registration 5-32139 has not been located.

Anyone seeing Villa’s vehicle or having information about the location of either subject is urged to contact the Macomb Police Department at (309) 833-4505. Citizens can also send an electronic tip by texting the word “MPDTIPS” along with their message to 274637 (CRIMES) or online at macombpolice.com.

The Macomb Police Department is being assisted by the McDonough County Sheriff’s Office, WIU Office of Public Safety and the Illinois State Police.